Baltimore fire officials are investigating how a home in Northeast Baltimore burst into flames early Wednesday morning just hours after an earlier fire at the same address had been brought under control.

The residents of the home were not there when the fire broke out, and no injuries were reported, officials said. The fire was placed under control at 12:25 a.m.

About five hours later, a second fire in the home broke out, possibly caused by embers from the first fire that hadn't been fully extinguished, officials said.

That fire had also been brought under control as of 7 a.m., a fire dispatcher said.

Officials are now investigating the causes of both fires.

Douglas Lent, a spokesman for the American Red Cross of the Chesapeake Region, said Red Cross volunteers had just met with residents of the home at a neighbor's home a couple doors down — helping them with emergency shelter and financial assistance — when the second blaze broke out.

Nine residents living in two townhouses were displaced early Saturday morning after a fire broke out and extended up to the roof. Howard County Department responded to the fire in 9300 block of Indian Camp about 4 a.m.